Button cleaner and polisher.



J. E. OADY, J11. BUTTON CLEANER AND POLISHER APPLICATION FILED JULY 14, 1913.

Patented J an. 27, 1914.

wilbvwoow 11' OEL E. OADY, JR, OF'NATIONAL MILITARY HOME, KANSAS.

BUTTON CLEANER AND POLISHER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 14. 1913.

Patented Jan. 27, 1914. Serial No. 778,948.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOEL E. CADY, J r., a citizen of the United States, residing at National Military Home, in the county of Leavenworth and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Button Cleaners and Polishers; and "I do hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention,

. ing to which they are attached.

An object of equal importance is to provide means for protecting the surrounding cloth or material during the operation of polishing or brushing each button.

A still further object is to construct the brush device in this connection in such manner, that a number of buttons arranged in a row in the usual manner on like articles of apparel may all be brushed and polished in one operation.

A yet further object is to construct a machine of the character above set forth'which is constructed with such regard to proportion, number and arrangement of parts that it may be cheaply manufactured, will be durable and effective in its action and may be eflectively employed in brushing and polishing buttons attached to any material or article of apparel.

The above and additional objects are accomplished by such means as are illilstrated in the accompanying drawings, described in the following specification and then more particularly pointed out in the claims which are appended hereto and form a part of this application.

With reference to the drawings, wherein I have illustrated the preferred embodiment of my invention as it is reduced to practice, and throughout the several views of which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts: Figure 1 is a front elevation of the box with the various elements of the brush in closed position. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the various elements of the brush in open position. Fig. 3 is an end view. Fig. 4is a section on the line l-4 of Fig. l.

Proceeding now to the description of the drawings, the numerals 1 and 2 designate, respectively, the main body portion and hinge cover of the brush casing. This casing is substantially rectangular, and carries interi'orly a rotatably mounted cylindrical brush, the bristles or bufling portion of which is desi nated by the numeral 3 and the carrier of which is designated by the numeral 4. The member 4 is suitably journaled by pins 5'in the opposite end walls of the hinge cover 2 and is arranged to bring its bristle or butting surface into slight engagementwith the bottom wall of the body portion 1 of the casin when the cover is in closed position. The ottom wall 6 is provided with a longitudinally extending centrally disposed slot 7, the one terminal of which is open to permit the bottom wall of the body portion to be slid between the button and the material to which it is attached, so that the shank of the button will be disposed in the slot. A substantially semicircular opening indicated at. 8 is formed in the end wall of the body portion of the easing to permit the entrance of the button into the casing.

As a means for holding the various buttons in fixed position within the casing during the rotation of the brush after the bottom wall 6 has been applied to a row of buttons, in the manner above described, there has been provided a locking plate 9 which consists essentially in an elongated strip of metal equipped with a plurality of laterally extending spaced tongues 10. A slide 11 is formed on the edge of the member 9 opposite from. the tongues 10 and operates through a slot formed in the front wall of the body portion, each end of the casing be ing turned upwardly at its exteriorly pro; jecting terminal as at 12. The upper end portion 12 is rolled to produce a rib as at 13. This rib is arranged for engagement by a spring clip 14 carried by the front wall of the cover 2 when the cover-is in closed position.

In practice, the tongues 10 are withdrawn from the slot 7 by pulling the slide 11 upwardly through the slot in the front wall of the body portion 1. When the bottom wall has been applied to the buttons in the man ner above described, the slide ll is again pushed inwardly, so that the various tongues 10 will comprehend the shanks of the various buttons between their adjacent edges, thus holding the buttons in fixed position, so that the brush may be rotated through the medium of a handle 15 without disturbing the position of the buttons.

In reduction to practice, I have found that the form of my invention, illustrated in the drawings and referred to in the above description, as the preferred embodiment, is the most efiicient and practical; yet realizing that the conditions concurrent with. the adoption of my device will necessarily vary, ,I desire to emphasize the fact that various minor changes in details of construction, proportion and arrangement of parts may be resorted to, when required, without sacrificing any of the advantages of my invention, as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In a button cleaning device, a casing including a body portion having a semicircular opening in one end Wall and a longitudinally extending slot in its bottom wall, a cover for said body portion, a brush rotatably mounted in said cover, an exteriorly operable crank handle for said brush, a plate slidable in said body portion, spaced tongues formed on said body portion, said tongues being adapted to be moved over the said longitudinal slot and away from the said longitudinal slot, a slide formed integral with said plate and mounted for movement through a slot formed in fixed position-within said body portion of 1 v the casing comprising a plurality of spaced tongues formed on said body portion and a slide adapted for cooperation with said tongues and mounted within said casing.

3. A button cleaning device comprising a casing including a body portion having a longitudinally extending slot in its bottom wall and an opening in its side Wall intermediate and centrally of the ends thereof, a cover hingedly connected with said body portion, a brush rotatably mounted in said cover, an exteriorly operable crank handle for said brush, a plurality of spaced tongues formed on said body portion, a slide mounted upon said body portion'and extending outwai dly through the opening therein and a spring clip carried by said cover and adapted for engagement with said slide when the cover is in its closed position.-

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' JOEL E. CADY, JR.

Witnesses:

James M. HALLETT, S. W. CHURCH. 

